Utah should not let federal funding formulas dictate the level of investment in our children and families. In order to fulfill the House Majority 26 Policy Priority to “continue aligning policy to support marriage and family stability, cut costs for families, and cultivate a culture that encourages and makes it easier to raise children,” Utah must […]
Democrat Tina Kotek’s second television spot of her gubernatorial re-election campaign focused most directly on the unlikely subject of food banks. But the unsubtle subtext of the ad was the president. After noting that she had once worked at the Oregon Food Bank, the rest of her narration said this: “that’s why President Trump’s cuts […]
Over the past couple of years, New Hampshire lawmakers have taken a few stabs at regulating artificial intelligence. The National Conference of State Legislatures, which has created a database to track AI-related legislation, lists seven bills filed by New Hampshire lawmakers during the most recent session. Those proposals run the gamut from the narrow, such […]
Indy resident Karis Dix, 18, is more likely to get her news from social media than a newspaper. But every year since she was 16, she has looked to the Indianapolis Recorder for coverage about the Debutante Cotillion and Scholarship Ball. When she was a child, her mother, an avid Recorder reader, would take her […]
A ballot measure that would ask voters to institute sweeping regulations to Arizona’s billion-dollar universal school voucher program is effectively dead. The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against the backers of Proposition 212, upholding a lower court’s decision that disqualified a number of voter signatures in support of the measure, putting it below the […]
There is a saying repeated so frequently that few of us stop to consider its implications: “People just don’t want to work anymore.” It is often said offhandedly, as though it explains why some people struggle while others do not. Beneath the phrase is an assumption that poverty reflects something about a person’s willingness to […]
For the 12th consecutive year, Utah has been ranked as the worst state in the nation for women’s equality. Each August, WalletHub releases its “Best & Worst States for Women’s Equality” report, and every year I’m asked whether Utah’s last‑place ranking is a surprise. It isn’t. At the Utah Women & Leadership Project (UWLP), we […]
Following a key legal deadline last Friday, the stage is now set for the Ohio Power Siting Board to make a final decision about whether the state’s largest solar and energy storage project to date can move ahead. The OPSB initially approved the Oak Run Solar Project in March 2024, but the case has since been bogged down by an appeal filed by Madison County […]
Kentuckian and conservative political commentator Scott Jennings may soon be facing a defamation lawsuit. Hasan Piker, a progressive Twitch streamer who often discusses politics, told Status, a media news site, that he and his legal team were preparing a defamation lawsuit against Jennings and Salem Media, the company that syndicates Jennings’ radio show. Last week, […]
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers draft feasibility study proposing scaled-down protection without structural elements like floodwalls for vulnerable portions of Hampton and Poquoson got a frosty reception from Hampton’s city manager during a recent presentation to City Council. The $4.2 billion Coastal Storm Risk Management plan, now open to public comment, calls for elevating […]
